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Thousands of children working in Malawi’s tobacco fields are absorbing 50 cigarettes worth of nicotine a day, a rights organisation has warned.
Children near a tobacco storage shed west of capital Lilongwe
The kids experienced an array of...
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Its a National Shame when an elected representative of a national party has been attacked,when he has taken oath in National language Hindi.
Abu Azmi of Samajwadi...
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I do not want to scare you bu saying that with nuclear Taliban which next generation we are talking about. So I will try to be more optimistic & assume that India...
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Don’t throw yourself at man and indulge in promiscuity,protect your own body, purity,and chastity - This is the message Delhi High court has given to all those...
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After watching Madhur Bhandarkar’s movie ‘JAIL’ I couldn’t stop appreciating him for bringing in to day light such a bad face of India. The...
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When Australia arrived India to play seven match oneday series Ponting knew that this is going to be a tough task. Look back who were absent from the 15 men squad:...
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I think it was Kapil Dev who shed tears on the national TV, That time it was a novelty, people were shocked, embarrassed and plainly disgusted with such a public show...
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The following link gives the story of the shooting in American military base, Ft. Wood. The American nation is in such a trauma, that they are censoring the news, a...
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My friend Gurpreet returned to India after working for twenty five-years in the West. On reading about...
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So far Bengal is concerned, it’s having an ominous undertone may it be Marx, Mata or Maoists. So far I am concerned Maoists are the offspring of the unholy relation...
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Sir, I represent the self employed urban middle class from services sector. I Have spent the 50 odd years of my existence in this country. Now when my descent has...
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One of my friends is enormously rich. I told him once—“Why don’t you donate something for a noble cause?”
He replied without the least hesitation, “Noble...
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Rather than beating the same old drum at the United Nations Pakistan should take a credible action against the militants in order to have a meaningful dialogue with...
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The above title might suggest to you an Agatha Christie story plot but the truth is far more spine-chilling and blood-curdling. In this bad world where we live in hope...
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As the swine flu epidemic was not yet ended another disease has hit the floor. 489 dengue cases have been recorded in New Delhi. Now it’s time for the people to get...
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The answer is simple. The government’s policy on minority appeasement, their arrogance towards majority and terrorism is the prime reasons. While Hindus especially...
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It is the nightmare of the working parents come true. When both parents go out to work and unfortunately have to leave their infants in strange hands they are a worried...
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People in India are obsessed with the game cricket. In fact obsessed might be an under statement for some of them. The famous adage, “Eat, Sleep and drink cricket”...
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NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister of India wrote to the family who died at the PGMIER hospital due to the security issues. The Prime Minister manifested remorse over the...
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A UNESCO officer came to India to educated Indian couples on birth control. He gathered about hundred couples in a hall but on looking at the dilated eyes of these men...
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“Renowned yoga guru Swami Ramdev Tuesday sought to promote his method of keeping fit and dispel misconceptions about it at the gathering of clerics and followers...
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We all say that child labour is a crime? No doubt that it is a crime, its a shame on us that we force innocent children as labours, we recurrently say that our first...
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Caroline Mbewe, 14, would prefer to be in school, but instead is a domestic worker for an affluent family in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe.
“My bosses treat...
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This picture of two boys who are lifting brikes on their head. What is it showing to us the strength of both of them that they can lift heavy weight on their head or is...
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The above headlines are not coming for the first time nor this is the end of it. Every year numerous illegal firecracker factories mushroom in the one room of any...
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This week there has been a huge row again about a major UK clothing chain using child labour in India. I have a problem with this. It is not possible to judge the...
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Thursday June 12th, was a day to remember children in bondage of labour to earn an extra buck in a home or to feed their siblings. This is very common in the developing...
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While the country holds Olympics in 2008, real problems brought out with media help exposes the country’s vulnerability to meet equal economic development.
The...
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Despite laws prohibiting child labour, with overwhelming poverty in the country the Indian government appears to be helpless in eliminating child labour in the country....
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India has a dubious distinction of fostering the highest number of child labour in the world. The great challenge for a developing country like India is to provide...
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India has a 22-year-old law that prohibits child labour in the country but still several incidents of alleged child labour come to light on a regular basis from almost...
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India is heading towards becoming a economic super power with its ever growing economy. Yesterday the sensex reached a new high of 14, 664 points. The PM and his...
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The recent media attention on Anti Child Labour Day as a ritual and event forces to reflect on the last years announcement by ministry of labour bringing in residential...
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Let us see all that the country has done to eradicate child labour.
The Indian Constitution has defined the right to free and compulsory education to all children...
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Ever since we became independent, we stood to fight against child labour. Even Article 24 of our Constitution prohibits employment of children under 14 years in...
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Today is Children’s day and today is the birth anniversary of Independent India’s first Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru too.
Everyone knows that because...
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India is a home to 19 percent of world’s children. The country is a story of stark contrasts and striking disparities as illustrated in a study of 43 focal...
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An average price for a child worker in Hyderabad is $152 a year. Maximum number of child workers comes to Delhi from Bihar to earn good wages.
These children often...
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